Apparatus for heating curling-tongs.



Nu. 686,73l. Patented Nov. l9, I901.

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APPARATUS FOR HEATING CURLING TONGS.

(Application filed Dec. 7, 1900.)

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HEINRICH IIEMPEL, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

APPARATUS FOR HEATING CURLlNG TONGS.

SPECIFICATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 686,731, dated November19, 1901. Application filed December 7,1900. $erial No. 39,046. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HEINRICH HEMPEL, a subject of the Emperorof Germany,residing at Berlin, Germany, have invented certain new and usefulImproved Apparatus for Heart ing Onrling-Tongs, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention comprises an apparatus for heating curling-ton gs,the same being conveniently packed, and solidified spirits being theheating medium.

In order to render the present specification easily intelligible,reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which similar lettersof reference denote similar parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus when packed; Fig. 2, aplan of the same when opened, and Fig. 3 a vertical section through thesame when in operation.

The casing consists of the two parts a and b, hinged together. The parta contains an elongated well 6, mounted on a plate 8 to rotate in ahorizontal partition-wall, said well forming the receptacle in which thespirits may be burned. The part 5 serves as a receptacle for thespirits, which are in solid form and advantageously in the shape ofcubes f, as will be seen from Fig. 3. The interior sur face of the partb is closed by a plate a, provided with a cover 0, screwed into thesame, and on the exterior side of the closing-plate brackets cl cl arehinged, which may be turned upwardly into the position shown in Fig. 3and serve to hold the curling-tongs.

The manipulation of the apparatus is very When it is to be used, thecover a is thrown back, as illustrated in Fig. 3, several cubes of thesolidified spirits are placed in the well 6 and ignited, the brackets dd are turned upward, and the tongs placed on the same.

The well 6 is advantageously of elongated form, and the object in makingit rotatable is to enable its employment for narrow or broad tongs. Thusif very narrow tongs are employed the Well is turned so that itslongitudinal axis will be parallel to the direction of the shanks of thetongs, but if broad tongs are to be heated the well may be turned intothe position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of a receptacle, 3. coverhinged thereto, a well mounted to rotate in the said cover in ahorizontal plane said Well being of an elongated shape and serving as areceptacle for the spirits to be burned, when the cover is thrown backsubstantially as described.

2. The combination of a receptacle I) having a plate to close up thesame, a cover hinged to said receptacle having an elongated wellrotatably mounted the-rein as specified, and means in connection withthe receptacle 1) for supporting the curling-tongs in the manner and forthe purpose substantially as described.

3. The combination of a receptacle I) having a plate to close the sameand a screw-cap therein, a cover a hinged thereto and having a welltherein of elongated form said Well being rotatably mounted in ahorizontal plane in the said cover, brackets hinged to the upper side ofthe plate closing the receptacle 1) in the manner and for the purposesubstantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

HEINRICH HEMPEL.

Witnesses HENRY HASPER, VVOLDEMAR HAUPT.

